2012 Wellington Architecture Awards Winner
Cook Strait House
A deep understanding of this tough Wellington site by both client and architect has resulted in an architectural strategy that skilfully addresses the South Coast views through carefully positioned and proportioned windows, but never loses the sense of home. The family’s particular living patterns are accommodated in the house’s thoughtful interiors: studies visibly linked by carefully placed slots in walls, reading nooks above stairs, built-in joinery, sheltered courtyards, a sunny morning table, and a welcoming winter garden. The light falling on surfaces, and the play of light and shadow through double height spaces offer poetic architectural moments in everyday domestic life.
- Practice
- Tennent Brown Architects
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Wellington
